A prediction model for selecting patients undergoing in vitro fertilization for elective single embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 725-732

  Hunault, Claudine C ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Pieters, Math H E C ^a   Te Velde, Egbert R ^b   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a   Macklon, Nicholas S ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Prediction model; Pregnancy; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; ROC CURVE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPERM COUNT; TWINS;

EID: 0036009804     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)03243-5     Document Type: Article

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